Sarah B. McCann

About this episode

Rob Lee interviews artist and curator Sarah B. McCann about her journey in establishing SBM Gallery and supporting artists.

In this episode of The Truth In This Art, the guest is Sarah B. McCann! About Sarah B. McCann : Sarah is an artist, curator, and founder of SBM Gallery in Baltimore's Highlandtown Arts District. Her text-based mosaics, prints, and multimedia work has been shown nationally. She spent 15 years curating exhibitions nomadically before opening her own space this year. We talk about launching SBM Gallery and what it means to her to support artists working with love and justice—artists using their work to push for change and move us closer to where we could be. She walks through the gallery's programming: an Artists in Conversation speaker series, collector coffees, and events around Highlandtown's First Friday Art Walks. Sarah also shares how she builds real community among her artists—she hosts dinners before group shows so people actually connect as humans, not just as names hanging on the same walls. Sarah talks about shifting from nomadic curating to having her own space. She remembers unwrapping the first painting during COVID in 2021—the color, texture, and smell of that moment reminded her why we still need to show up in person. We get into how running an independent gallery…

People in this episode

Host: Rob Lee

Guest: Sarah B. McCann

Topics covered

• art
• community building
• gallery programming
• curation
• supporting artists
• AI and art

Keywords

• Sarah B. McCann
• SBM Gallery
• art community
• curation
• independent gallery
• AI in art
• artist support

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SBM Gallery

Books & works: All My Errors Are Human

Places: Baltimore, Highlandtown Arts District

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